Grease-drum



H. A. SEARILE.

GREASE DRUM.

APPLICATION FILED "18- 4. 19m.

Patented Jan. 20 (530 INVENTQR a z/Mw HARRY A. SEARLEr OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA.

GREASE-DBUM.

Application filed February 4. 1919.

To all whom it may r-onccrn:

l e it known that lllinun' A. Sunnis, a eiti /ivu of the United States. residing at Council liluli's. in the count of Pottawattalnie and State of -lo\\'a have invented a vertain new and useful Improvement in lircaselh'uins, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to drums or contuinurs in which transmission greases and like lubricants are transported, and the object of the invention is to Provide a shipping package of this character with an inclosed pump permanently attached, by which the contents of the drum may be easily delivered as required, as for example, to the gear-case r other portion of a motorwchiclo mechanism. and which shall be economical in eonstria-tion and operation, and capable of withstanding the rough handling to \ihich (Ulltllllltlrl of this class are subjected in transportatioin without danger ofdamage to the contained pumping mechanism.

The invention consists in certain novel features and details of eoistruetion and arrangement. by which the above objects are attained. to be hereinafter described and claimed.

Th 1 mmuinying drawings form a part of thisspecification and show the inven tion as it has been carried out in practice.

Figure l is a front elevation of the drum with :1 portion of the shell broken away to sh the contained pump. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on lhe line 'k-Z in Fig. l. and partly in elevation. Fig. 8 is a hori- Zontal section tzilu-n on the line 3--3 in Fig. 2, and partly in plan view.

Similar letters of inference indicate the some parts in all the figures.

A is the cylindrical shell or body of the drum, of the usual hczny sheet. steel, having a closed bottom A. and flanged top A" adapted to receive a circular friction cover A held in place and tightly closed by bolts A and serving as a closure for the large circular filling opening: in the top.

B is a bar extending on a chord across the interior of the drum :1 short distance above the bottom A and bolted at its ends to the inwardly projecting flanges of two veitical angle-irons B welded or otherwise secured on the'interior of the drum. The bar serves as a support for a rotary pump U of any approved type bolted'thereto with Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 20, 1920.

Serial No. 274,919.

its suction orifice located as low as practicable so as to draw upon the hB Wy great-S0 near the bottom of the drum and to permit: as nearly as pflfislble they complete emptying of the drum. V

On the shaft L" of the pump is mounted :1 sprocket-wheel on which is engaged a sprocket-chain 1) extending upwardly and runnin over a smaller sprocket wheel E on a driving-shaft E extending diametri cully across the drum above the pump and parallel with the pump-shaft. C. The pump is operated by turning the shaft E.

One end of the shaft E is received in it bearing F on the interior of the drum and the other end in a boss G extending through the wall oi the drum and shown as secured on the exterior by a flange G. The inner end of the boss G is provided with a stuffineybox l through which the driving-shaft passes, and the end of the shaft is squared and is presented within a screw-threaded opening or recess g in the boss. By inserting the socket of a crank H into the opening g, the shaft E is engaged and turned and the pump operated. The opening g is provided ith a. screw-plug, not shown, by which it tightly closed in transportation.

U is the delivery pipe of the pump, extending vertically from the upper portion thereof and thence horizontally on a radial line to a boss J projecting into the interior of the drum and having a flange J by which it is secured to the exterior of the drlmn similar to the boss G above described, and having a sermv-threadetl orifice, preferably of the same size and thread as the recess g. receiving a screw-plug, not shown by which the boss J may be effectually closed. By making the openings in bosses similar. the screw-plugs may be used interchange-ably as will be understood.

The orifice on the exterior of the drum, in the boss J is also adapted to receive aeoupling M of a delivery hose M equipped with a valved nozzle M through which the grease or other lubricant is delivered from the pum N is a wheeled truck adapted to carry the. drum and permit it to be easily moved about on the flour of the garage as required.

In suppl ing the lubricant the screwplugs, not siown, are removed, the hose attaehed to the boss J, and the crank H insorted in the boss G and engaged with the shaft E; the nozzle M is presented at the desired point in the motor mechanism and the crank turned until the ;lc: -ired quantity is discharged.

When the drum he :1 unptlfitl the hose is disconnected :zmi th n'rnilii removed, the plugs are insert-Q gml the drum is ready to be reshippcd im- 1 oiling.

It will he noted il'mlany handling of the grease is avoidml and a corresponding savi in waste is cllccled.

he bnr B on which the pump is mounted serves as a transverse brace to stiffen the drum. and the pump thus suspended, out of contact with the wall and bottom of the drum, is protected against direct impact from neighboring packages, or other objects during transportation and handling. The drum may receive the usual rough treatment to which containers of this character are exposed without danger of damage to the pumping mechanism.

I claim 1. The container described, consisting of a drum, a pump suspended within said drum and supported solely by the sidewalls of the drum out of contact with the walls and bottom thereof, means for operating said pump from the exterior of said drum. and a de- 'livery pipe from said pump to the exterior "of said drum.

2. The container described, consisting of a drum having a barextending across its interior, a pump mounted on and supported solely by said bar out of contact with said drum. means for driving said pump, and a, deiivery pipe from said pump to the exterior of said drum.

3. The container described, consisting of a drum having a bar extending across its interior anti secured to its wall, a pump mounted on and supported solely by said bar out; of contact with said drum, and having a pump-shaft, a sprocket-wheel on said pum shaft, 8. driving-shaft on the interior of said drum above and shaft, a sprocket-wheel on said drivingshaft; n sprocket-chain running on said wheels, means on the exterior of said drum for turning said driving-shaft, and a delivery pipe leading from said pump to the exterior of said drum.

4. The container described, consisting of a drum, a pump suspended therein above the bottom thereof and supported solely by the side-walls of thedrum out of contact with its walls, a delivery pipe leading from said pump to a delivery orifice on the exterior of said drum, and means for operating said pump, said orifice being adapted to receive a delivery hoseor a closing plug.

5. The container described, consisting of a drum, a pump suspended therein above the bottom thereof and supported solely by the side-walls of the drum out of contact. with its walls, a delivery pipe leading from said ump to the exterior of said drum. a drivlug-shaft within said drum above said pump, a sprocket-wheel on said pump. a sprocket-- wheel on said driving-shaft. and a sprocketchain on said wheels, one end of said driving-shaft projecting into a recess on the ex terior of said drum, such recess adapted to receive a crank for turning said shaft, or a plug for closing such recess.

6. A container comprising :1 shell. in transverse member therein secured to the opposite walls above-the bottom and transversely bracing said shell, and a pump suspended and supported solely by said member entirely out of contact with the hottonrand walls of said shell.

In testimony that I claim the invention above set forth I aflix my signature in pres ence of two witnesses.

HARRY A. SEARLE.

Witnesses:

Blou- F. HILL, RAB-IDS A. RASMUBBEN.

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